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Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-29
PIRATES AND PETTICOATs
Clever Female Swindlers ssDO
Cincinnati for $4,000.

CINCINNATI, Oct. IA new and
clever swindle has been brought to
light here. An elegantly dressed lady
enters a store, selects some choice
dress goods and ladies' lingerie, and
when the package is ready the buyer
asks that the account be charged, Civ
ing the name of good customer of
the house who has an account there.
The clerk does not see the buyer, but
recognizes the name and charges the
bill.
The purchaser leaves the package at
the store and goes away. Half an
hour later she returns, says she has
concluded not to have the goods sent
to the house, but will take them di-
rectly to the dressmaker. OF course
she gets them. The swindle was not
discovered until the bills were rem
dered the first of this month. When
customers disputed their bills and an
investigation was made it was discov-
cred that the thief had in every in
stance purchased of clerks of whom
the lady personated had never bought.
How they found out who were credit
customers is not known.
Among the firms victimized are
Shillito & Co., Miller Bros. & Co.,
Pogue & Co., and Weatherby Il Co.
1t is estimated that fully SO, 900 worth
of goods were SO obtained. Two
women were engaged in the swindle.
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WORSE THAN BRUTAL.
A Little Orphan ChOked. Beaten
and Tortured to mako Her COn-
fess an Alleged Lie.

A Little Orphan ChOked. Beaten
and Tortured to make Her COn-
fess an Alleged Lie.
P1rTsBURa, Oct. ia letter was
yesterday received by the Humane
Society from Levi Cline, of Green's
burg, the society's agent at that place,
describing most brutal case of cru
city to a little girl. He says he was
asked by the Dexter Coke Company to
investigate the case. The child was
an orphan years and 6 months OF
age, kept by a woman and her hus-
band, who live at the Donnelly Coke
Works, near Scottdale. The unfor-
tunate little girl was returned to
her mother on September 10, and still
bears the marks of her cruel treat
ment. 1t is alleged that she had to
get up at O'Clock in the morning and
20 a great distance to the mouth of a
shaft and carry coal with which to
cook breakfast. One day the woman
thought she told lie about some mat
ter, it is said, and tried to make her
confess by washing her mouth with
soap suds and then scraping her tongue
and putting liniment on it to produce
pain. Finally, a rope was placed
around her body and thrown over q
door, when she was drawn up and
down by her cruel tormentor. The
agent placed in the hands of a Scott
dale Constable a warrant for the
woman's arrest, and he is thoroughly
determined to sift the whole matter.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-29
PRESIDENTIAL SOCIAL TACTICS.
The Candidates for the Presidency
Is Social Factors in Washing ton.


Is Social Factors in Washington.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-Presidential
politics is going to cut something of a
figure in social way in Washington
this season. The town is going to be
full of Presidential possibilities, par
ticularly on the Republican side. OF
course it is generally conceded that on
the Democratic side the President and
his wife are to be renominated. On
the Republican side, however, there
are several gentlemen and their wives
who have an ambition in the Presi-
dental way, and they will all be
active. There is Senator Sherman,
for instance, who is an old campaigner.
He has plenty of money and he will
probably spend it freely this season.
Senator Hawley, who is spoken Of as
q possibility and perhaps probability
in the Presidential or a Vice Presi-
dental way, is to have new wife,
and will doubtless be active in the So
cial world. General Sheridan, who is
being doomed by Jay Hubbell and
others, and who is really more for
midable Presidential possibility than
many people are willing to admit. has
plentiful home on Rhode Island
Avenue and will make it a good deal
of a social center this Winter. Cen
eral Black, the present Commissioner
of Pensions, is strongly suspected of
Vice Presidency aspirations, and will
doubtless act accordingly. Post
master General Villas is ditto, and will
doubtless be ditto in the social efforts,
for he has plenty Of money and has
made cord of it this Summer in the
growth Of his iron mines, and will
make use OF it if he sees it to his ad-
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-29
COLONEL OLNEY.
Hc Got There Just the Same

He Got There Just the Same.
At the time of the arrest Of Judge
Terry, by the Vigilance Committee Of
San Francisco, in 1856, for shooting
Marshall Hopkins, Colonel Olney, the
commander of the military forces oi
the Vigilants, was at his boarding.
house, several blocks distant from the
scence. One of his men appeared be-
fore him almost breathless, informing
him of what had taken place. In the
discharge of his duty few days pre-
vious, he had sprained his ankle SC
that he could scarcely stand upon his
feet. But the thought that his
absence might mar that days doings
was not pleasant to entertain. There
was not moment to lose. To get a
horse in that neighborhood was i'm
possible, and he could not walk. What
was to be done?
While thus speculating, every
second seeming an hour, his eyes fell
OH the wagon Of a kerosene dealer who
had driven up and stepped to the side
walk just as the alarm sounded. In a
moment Olney was in the drivers
seat, and with reins and whip
in hand was lashing the horses
like a fury toward the
committee rooms. The driver had
barely time to scramble up beside him
as the horse sprang forward, scatter
ing the atfrighted people to either side.
One glance into the sternly set fea-
lures of Olney's face satisfied the
driver that expostulation would be in
vain. Away they ratified down the
street; the Colonel whipped and the
kerosene flew. The empty cans
danced out of the vehicle and the full
ones overturned and scattered their
contents upon the cobblestones. Pres
emily the driver mustered courage and
said:
You are spilling my kerosene"
"Damn your kerosene" was the
reply. Then remembering that thfs
poor peddler should not be made to
suffer for the daring deeds of chiv-
airy, the Colonel added, 81 will pay
for your kerosene"
Arriving at headquarters, the Col
onel called for his horse, magnificent
white steed, and was lifted to its back,
and within a few minutes he was in
active command of the vigilance
army.-Bancroft' Pacific States.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-29
WOOED AND WON BY LETTER.
A Young Missouri Merchant Starts
for Australia to Marry q Woman
He Never Saw.

SAN Francisco, Oct. 15.-Among
the passengers who sailed for the anti
podes on the steamer Alameda was
William Milan, of st. Joseph, Mo-,
whose acquaintance with the young
woman he hopes to make his wife
savors somewhat of the romantic.
Several months ago a relative Of
Milan's living in Cheswick, Australia,
wrote a letter to the Missouri mer-
chant, telling him of the many vir-
tues of young lady residing in Ches-
wick, whom the relative described as
being both handsome and wealthy.
MIR. Milan Immediately wrote to the
young lady asking for correspond
ence. He described himself and his
business outlook as favorably as possi-
BILE and enclosed a photograph, fear
ing that she might have a misguided
opinion as to the physical appearance
of Missourian.
Much to the young merchants sur
prise the lady accepted his offer of a
correspondence, and she in turn for
warded a photograph Of herself. Her
stately and handsome figure, open
countenance, large eyes, which she de-
scribed as being black, and the neat
arrangement of her hair, together with
the fact that she is an heiress, so
pleased the Missourian that he pro-
posed, and in due time his offer OF
marriage was accepted. Upon receiv-
ing a letter notifying him that his
suit was favored, Mr.. Milan proposed
an early marriage. The Australian
heiress answered that the ceremony
could take place as soon as he reached
Cheswick. He Immediately purchased
an elegant home in st. Joseph and
furnished it in first-class style. To a
number of his intimate friends Mr..
Milan stated that he would return to
his Missouri home Benedict.
The groom to be is man of about
30 years of age, tall, and with features
such as are usually denominated
handsome. Being rich, he was con-
sidered by the mothers of st. Joseph,
or those of whom possessed marriage
able daughters, the best catch in the
country. Before leaving on the vessel
for Australia, Mr.. Milan could not be
persuaded to exhibit the photograph
of the fair one, although he acknow-
ledged having it in his valise.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-29

By picking four winners at Saratoga
the other day you could have made
over $250,OOO on little $40 note.
These figures may appear to be a lit
tie exaggerated, but will show you
how this amount might have been
won. In the first race the odds
against Matte Lauraine were 10 to
l. By placing your $40 on Matte at
these figures you would have had
$110 when the race was over. In the
next race Miss Motley, who won,
was another 10 to chance. Had you
put your $11O on Miss Motley you
would then have had $1,210. In the
Iroquois stakes bookmakers placed 20
to / against Branzomarte, who de-
feated Goliah, the favorite. Your
winnings up to this stage had they
been on the Branzomarte, would have
been increased to $25, ,440. Warren
ton, who won the steeplechase, was
another 10 to l shot. Twenty-Five
thousand four hundred and forty
dollars on Warrenton would have
brought your total winnings on the
four races up to $279, ,510.-Globe DEM
Ocrat.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-29
THE GAS TREATMENT.
Benefited by the New Treatment
OF That Malad0y.

A Lawrcncevil1e COnsumptivo Not
Benefited by the New Treatment
OF That Maladsy.
PITTsBURG, Oct. 15.-Miss Mary
Rivers a widely-known and estimable
young lady of Lawrenceville, is now
dying at the residence of her mother,
on Forty-fourth street, from consump-
ton. Her case excited much inter-
est among the medical fraternity and
those who are threatened with diseases
Of the lungs, her partial recovery be-
ing at one time cited as an example Of
the effective work of the new cure for
consumption known as the gas treat
ment. During the Spring months Of
this year the young lady contracted a
severe attack of pneumonia, which
gradually developed into consumption.
Two of the best physicians in the city
were called in and pronounced her in
curable. An earnest advocate Of this
new treatment was called and attended.
The cure was said to have benefited
her, and all she needed was to gather
strength, but after a short period a
relapse took place, and she will not re-
cover. The treatment, of which so
much was expected, consists in pass
ing carbonic acid gas through mix
ture of water and sulphide of hydro
gen, which forms a gas known as
sulpheretted hydrogen; this was in
jected into the bowels and from thence
into the lungs. where it was claimed
that it would destroy the germs of the
disease, and while the gas was yet in
the lungs it would come in contact
with the blood and be transmitted by
it throughout the entire system. The
cure had at first many advocates and
was adopted by many of the leading
physicians of the city, but many on
finding that no cure could be effected
and but little relief given, it was grad
lla1lv ahapdOpad
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-29
OUR COMING CENTENNIAL.
That of the Inauguration of wash.
fngtOn, as First President.

A reporter for the Mail and Express.
met Col. E. ]. Peyton, of New Jersey,
atthe Fifth Avenue Hotel on Saturday
evening. The Colonel stated that he
was in New York on personal busi-
ness, and whilst here had taken the
liberty of calling the attention Of
many OF our prominent citizens to the
Importance Of an appropriate celebra-
ton OF the centennial of the Inaugural
ton OF George Washington, which oc-
Cured in the city Of New York on the
goth OF April, 1879, at the corner of
Wall and Nassau streets, where his
statue by the Sculptor Ward now
stands. He expressed his confidence
that all the States will gladly partici-
pate, and as many Of their Legisla-
lures meet biennially he deems it
essential that the citizens of this city
take preliminary steps at once. He
further thinks that as the relations
existing between our own and foreign
governments have been both pleasant
and profitable during the first century
OF our national life, it would be appro-
pirate to extend to all foreign govern
ments invitations to be represented.
The present Congress which is to
close the first century Of constitutional
government should, in respect to the
memory of the Congress that opened
the century, give the subject due con-
sideration. If the matter receives
early and proper attention by the
citizens of New York and the Govern
ors of the Colonial States, it will bring
together the largest body of citizens
that have ever assembled at any one
time since the Government was es-
tablished. Said the Colonel:
l know that the citizens of the
Colonial States, one and all, desire to
preserve the history of the foundation
of this Government as it was estab-
lished by their forefathers, and it is
a natural sentiment.
"What are your views in reference
to programme of ceremonies ?"
~ think that the President OF the
United States should come from
Washington in a carriage as Gen.
Washington did, and in respect to
his memory, be received as he was at
Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadelphia,
Trenton, and other places en- route,
and on his arrival here by the citizens
of New York."
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-29
Mr.. w. X. vanderbilcs Plan.

Mr.. w. X. Vanderbilt lately wrote
that he was negotiating for a place in
southern France. 1t is understood
to be his plan to establish residences
in half a dozen attractive regions,
so that he can shift his family from
country to country as their whims
may dictate. He will aim for the
rest of his life to enjoy himself socially.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-29
Patent Brace ana BIT.

A large invoice Of the new patent brace
and bit, Of Gavin & Cromer's invention
is expected in few days by Remington,
johnson & Co., they being the local agent.
for the sale Of them. Parties desiring
them should send In their orders TO secure
early attention.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-29
A Modern Diana.

Madam Belli, an Italian resident of
Humboldt county, is described by a
correspondent of the Silver State as a
modern Diana. She has a record of
slaughtering score of antlered mon
archs of the glen during the past two
years and faces undismayed the
fiercest carnivora that roam the cattle
ranges of Eastern Nevada. She is
credited with possessing the beauty of
Helen of Troy and a form rivaling
that of Phyrne.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-29
A One.Armed Printer.

The Los Angeles Herald says: We
have a printer working on the case
who has only one hand. The left arm
is gone from the very shoulder. With
the right hand this brave fellow sets
type at remarkably rapid rate, many
of the double-fisted fellows not
pulling out as long string" at the
end of a night work.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-29
A Printer Finds a Fortune.

WACO, Texas, Oct. 20.-J. E. Ham
ilton, a printer OF this city, has fallen
heir to an estate amounting to $3,000,-
600. He is nephew OF Horatio J..
Hamilton, a rich miner of Oroville,
Butte, comfy, Cal, who died last
April, leaving no heirs. Hamilton
starts for Oroville next week.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-29

Another young lady has had the
marriage ceremony performed "just
for joke" and is dissolved in tears,
because the way out is not so easy as
the way in. She is the daughter of a
millionaire Wisconsin lumberman.
There seems to be good job awaiting
the fool-killer in Wisconsin.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-29

Mrs. C1evelands ka1lrOaO LUNCH
They are telling this story which
has just crept out about Mrs. Cleve-
lands lunch in Philadelphia on her
private car as she was about to leave
for Washington. AS the train was
about to start, the French head waiter
from the hotel came in with his face
as sad looking as figure on a tomb
stone. Madam!" he exclaimed: {:
Madam, something terrible has hap
pened! All, very terrible r' "What ?"
asked the Presidents wife, in alarm,
her face becoming pale; "You re, re-,
member the luncheon?" Well?"
eve came with it here too soon.
And SO we sent it back to the hotel to
keep it warm. My walters were not
informed, and so they have left the
luncheon behind" ooh, it is moth
ing" answered Mrs. Cleveland, with
the spirit of martyr. "We shall
thrive; but, dear me, am hungry. |
forgive you now; but is there really
nothing to eat on the car" Moth
ing, madam, but some bread" !"
" Bread! Then we are all right"
/" And some butter, madam"
A" Good!" "And some tomatoes. We
intended them for salad" "Toma-
toes? We revel in luxury" For half
an hour afterward the first lady of the
land gayly munched bread and butter
and raw tomatoes. She expressed
only one regret-that there was no salt
for the tomatoes.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-29
Some Of Oscar Wilde's Yarns.

He told two the other day illustra-
tive of the disadvantages of the houses
in block being too much alike. A
man was asked to dinner, and he went
to the house next door to the one
where he had been hidden. His name
was announced, and his host stepped
forward to welcome him. As it
CHANGED, the guest knew the wife and
not the husband. "I am so very
sorry," said the host, "that my wife
is too ill to come downstairs. But we
must get on as we'll as we can without
her." Still thinking he was in the
right place, the guest staid and took a
pretty girl to dinner, and had charm
ing evening. Two days afterward he
met the lady who was to have enter
tained him, and she assailed him with
reproaches for spelling the symmetry
of her dinner table, and it came out
that he had inadvertently dined next
door.
The other tale was of a curious look
ing old couple who went to an even
ing party. They knew no one, and
seemed desperately out of place.
When the last guests were gone, the
husband said to the wife. "Queer
old codgers those two old friends of
yours" "Of mine! Why, they
were your friends, surely. l never
saw them BEFORE" "Well, Pm sure
l never did!" and inquiry ELECTED the
fact that there was a servants ball
next door, and that the old couple had
meant to 60 there, and had been as
uncomfortable as possible at not find
ing any of their acquaintances.
When Mr.. Wilde told these stories
they sounded true, but now I've writ
ten them down, I really don't think
they do. However, I tell the tale +"
as heard it told; and also I'll tell you
another one, widely current in London
that certain duchess invited one Of
the cowboys Of the American exhibit
ton to dine, and he arrived at the ap-
pointed time with his wife and baby.
He said there was no one to leave the
baby with, so he had to bring him.
The baby was confded to the ducal
nursery, and the dinner was served.
It's the fashion to tell this story, so
you may as we'll believe it.-Boston
Herald.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-29
She Saved Her sons Life.

Much interest has been felt in the
little son of Pat Pierce, who was bit
ten on the leg by moccasin last
week. AS was then stated, as soon as
the mother, who was about 20 feet
away, heard the child scream she ran
to it, picked it up and in less than two
minutes had it on the bed and was
sucking the wound. There were three
little punctures in the skin, each
about the size of the head of pin and
formed a triangle. When she had
sucked two mouthfuls of blood from
the wound she gave the child whisky,
and also soaked a lot of tobacco and
whisky and applied it to the leg.
When the physician arrived he
soaked some tobacco in water instead
of whisky, and this was the only
change he made in the mothers rem
edy. The result has been watched for
with considerable interest. An hour
after the remedies were applied, with
the exception of the effect produced
by taking whisky into the system and
the fact that the little punctures re-
manned in the skin, the child was up
and about just as though he was never
snake bitten. The tobacco and whisky
were necessary, but the main remedy
was the prompt sucking OF the wound
by the mother.-Macon Telegraph.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-29
THE RACK EFT.

They came adown the dusty road,
And crossed the velvet green;
A manler figure never strobe
Beside maid serene.
What was the racket?
She was light and lithesome lass,
With eyes Of azure hue;
She left no footprint on the grass,
Beneath her fairy shoe.
What was her racket?
In tennis court they take their place
net divides the pair;
But soon its meshes interlace
Their hearts within its snare.
All, what a racket!
She thought him rich. and Of her wealth
He'd heard such wondrous tales,
That forth by night they steered Ly stealth
And spread their marriage sails.
The same old racket!
Now both are puffy, poor and proud,
With many mouths to fill;
And when the children shrek aloud
He says with right good will:
"Oh, blow that racket
Boston Gazette.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-29
He was srcat on Painters,

we encountered an OlQ fellow Sit
ting on the steps of the Northern Pa,
cific depot at Miles City, Montana
His hair was very gray, and he had a
somewhat detected and fo1lorn ap-
pearance. A locomotive whistled
shrilly down the track a mile or So
when he gave start and pricked up
his ears as it were, solemnly and ex-
pectantly. Then he said earnestly
Panthers!" He paused a moment
and added: Panthers, by gosh
Panthers, say! Where's my gun ?'
care you something of a panther
hunter?" Briar asked.
"Pant'er hunter, eh?" and the old
man sank back and grasped his knees
with his hands. "Pant'er hunter
I'm a painter killer! The only
fun 1 have is painters! I kill 'em,
slaughter 'em, walk in 'em, wade in
'em, sleep 'mong their dead and dyin'
carcasses. I began painter KILN back
in Maine when l was boy nigh unto
50 years ago, an I've got 'em drove
DdCk I'LL klllcu Ou W ilcIc. dllI cI ,
young man, painter! I'm their nat'ral
enemy-the KILN an stackln' 'em up
is the joy Of my declin' years. An
when it comes to the smaller members
of the Painter family, why kick 'em
to death-wildcats, bobcats, howl
cats, hen-roost-cats, prairie-cats,
lynxes, mountain lions, an regler
painters lore they're full growed !!
There, that critter is yellin again be
here in about a minute-I must 60 an
git my gun! Say, lend me 10 cents,
l want to git me a box O caps for my
rifle"
The loan was negotiated and the old
panther exterminator vanished.
els that man whom we were talk
ing with over there an old hunter?"
asked man who was loading freight
car with buffalo bones.
"That old fellow! Well, he claims
to be. He came out from Connecticut
about year ago, and has been going
on about his panther graveyard ever
since, but he told me contidentially
one day last Winter. after l lent him
bucket of coal, that he never saw a
panther and never shot gun but once
in his life, and that was one Fourth OF
July over 40 years ago, and there
wasn't any bullet in it then. Chi
cago Tribune.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-29
A wild Man Tersorizing the Town.

The village of Mountain View, N.
j., has wild man sensation, and the
inhabitants are keeping their children
very close to home. The wanderer
has been seen on the outskirts of the
town and in the woods, rushing along
and shouting, want grass! l want
grass!" He was captured on Satur-
day morning and locked up in little
building near the railway. From
this, however, he managed to escape,
and has not since been seen.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-29
NOTICE.

TNROM AND AFTER THIS DATE I WISH
L to be released from all bonds, and any
persons for whom am bondsman will please
take notice. RI DOAK.
Eureka, Oct. 6, 1857. o8-1m